Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265579AbUAZGZT (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Jan 2004 01:25:19 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265581AbUAZGZT (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Jan 2004 01:25:19 -0500 Received: from h80ad25ed.async.vt.edu ([128.173.37.237]:64961 "EHLO turing-police.cc.vt.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265579AbUAZGZP (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Jan 2004 01:25:15 -0500 Message-Id: <200401260625.i0Q6P4op023127@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.6.3 04/04/2003 with nmh-1.0.4+dev To: Steve Youngs Cc: Linux Kernel List Subject: Re: PATCH: (as177) Add class_device_unregister_wait() and platform_device_unregister_wait() to the driver model core In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 26 Jan 2004 15:55:06 +1000." From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu References: <20040125222242.A24443@mail.kroptech.com> <200401260521.i0Q5LRha021370@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_-997692841P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 01:25:03 -0500 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1112 Lines: 32 --==_Exmh_-997692841P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 15:55:06 +1000, Steve Youngs said: > Because the 2nd user is still using the module so its in-use bit > should still be set. Remember that when the module was first loaded > it registered a function with the kernel for testing whether the > module is in use. Anybody who's ever been in a bathroom stall and somebody turned off the lights on their way out will intuitively understand why you need a reference count and not an in-use bit, --==_Exmh_-997692841P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 iD8DBQFAFLK/cC3lWbTT17ARApDUAJsHMnrydJcKRp73jfUO/c9r8WeDQwCdFomr AhbH9FOdPWHZBJj8bHOHwL8= =/yj6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_-997692841P-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/